Compromise

Awhile back, we did a blog post on the concept of compromise. It's a concept any good parent masters quickly when navigating through life with opinionated (and sometimes cranky...) children.

Though mommy hasn't gone grocery shopping with the kids often (only one time with both kids - and it was just for eggs and she will be forever grateful to Safeway for putting eggs, milk and other normally obnoxiously-located items right in the front door by the self-check out registers), when I have gone with Ryan lately, he's been quite a bugger about sitting in the cart. I guess when you're two, you'd much rather be walking by yourself, browsing through the cereal aisle and pulling random boxes off the shelf than sitting calmly and quietly in a shopping cart...who knew?

So in order to compromise, mommy decided to see if Rye would be interested in driving a car while she did the shopping. It was the most peaceful shopping trip the two of them had together in a long time :)

"You are my sunshine..."

Nana got an adorable dress for Lindsey and we were waiting patiently for it to fit her. It was super cloudy and gloomy out today, so mommy thought it would be aperfect day to try on the dress to see if it fit - and it did! What a great way to add a little sunshine to an otherwise gray day.

Girly time!

The Bachman's made an impromptu visit up to PA to visit with the Kroboth's. Grace and Lindsey got to spend some quality girl time together - an indication of how much fun they'll have as they get older!

Delaware Children's Museum

While there a million reasons why every child in Delaware should visit the DE Children's Museum that just opened up on the Wilmington waterfront, Ryebread was only interested in one: they have a Ryan-sized choo-choo train! Complete with a warning bell and whistle, this was the coolest part of the museum, according to Rye.

As with many new things, it was actually quite intimidating to Ryan at first. But after a few minutes of gentle encouragement, we couldn't get him away from it!

Beyond the awesome choo-choo train, Ryan also had a blast playing at the enormous water table, making a masterpiece in the art room and even changing tires!